Buckalew Elementary

🎓💚❤️ We can’t wait for our seniors to walk the halls at Buckalew on Monday!! ❤️💚🎓 Buckalew students — help us celebrate the Class of 2026 by wearing your favorite college shirt or red & green! We are excited to cheer on our former Bears as they return for their Senior Walk! 🐻✨

Our 3rd grade boys recess kickball tournament was a huge success! Many of the boys were new to kickball, but their teammates quickly stepped up to teach and encourage each other. They had so much fun together! Congratulations to our first annual champions, the CANNONBALLERS! Up next week: 3rd grade girls kickball tournament!

Our 3rd graders proudly shared their amazing writing pieces with family and friends at our special Authors' Tea Celebration! This event showcases their creativity, hard work, and growth as young authors!

We are so grateful for Alison and Ashley! From bandaging scraped knees to offering comfort in times of need, we appreciate how they serve our school so that our students can learn in a safe and healthy environment!

📚✨ Here’s a couple of our Librarian of the Day VIP experiences won from the Buckalew Bash Auction! These students did such a fantastic job being “Ms. West” for the day — helping in the library, showing responsibility, and having so much fun along the way! Thank you to our PTO and Buckalew Bash for making these memorable experiences possible! 💙📖

💚❤️ Buckalew Bears — let’s show our support for the Class of 2026! 🎓🐻
On Monday, May 18, Buckalew students are encouraged to wear their favorite college shirt OR red and green to celebrate the graduating seniors during their final Senior Walk! ❤️💚 We can’t wait to cheer on our former Buckalew Bears as they walk the halls one more time before graduation! 🎉🎓

🎶 Our Buckalew Bel Canto choir is wrapping up a wonderful year of making music together! From their beautiful concert performances last week to participating in the annual Highlander Festival at McCullough JH today, these students have wowed us every step of the way. We topped it all off with a very fun end-of-year party celebrating an incredible year of hard work, growth, and friendship. We are so proud of this amazing group of singers! 💚🎵

🎉 BUY ONE, GET ONE FREE! 🎉

Our BOGO sale is happening May 11th, 12th, and 13th during specials time!

Stock up on books and get your child excited for summer reading! ☀️📚

Reading Restaurant was a success! Our First Graders loved sharing their reading growth with family and friends!

💚💛 Buckalew Staff are so blessed by our amazing Hospitality Committee and PTO for absolutely spoiling us this week! From a fun candy bar, coffee and pastries ☕🍩, bundt cakes, and Sonic drinks 🥤 to a totally awesome 90’s-style Whataburger buffet 🍔🎶, and an incredible Trucker Hat Bar courtesy of our PTO — the love and support shown to our staff means so much!

Here are just a few photos and a BIG THANK YOU to everyone who helped make this Teacher Appreciation week so special for our Buckalew staff! 💚🐻💛

Parents are welcome to shop with their student during their scheduled book fair time! To set up an e-wallet, please click the link below

https://www.scholastic.com/bf/buckalewelemsch1

Buckalew students were beyond excited to visit the new school they’ll be attending next year, buzzing with anticipation the entire time. Walking through the halls and exploring the campus made everything feel more real and gave them something exciting to look forward to.

All library books were due May 4. Library books still checked out on May 11th will be added to School Cash Online.

🌟 Tonight we celebrated some truly special members of our Buckalew family at the 2026 district Salute to Education recognition event! 💚💛 Please help us congratulate our 2026 Buckalew honorees: 🍎 Teacher of the Year — Karen Amador 💚 Humanitarian Award — Teresa McFarland ⭐ Rising Star Award — Gracen Solberg 🤝 Friend of Education Award — PTO President, Brooke Roberts

BOGO book fair is next week: May 11, 12 and 13th. You can set up your e-wallet on the website
https://www.scholastic.com/bf/buckalewelemsch1

All library books due TOMORROW Monday, May 4th. If your book is lost or damaged, please let Ms. West know so she can add the cost to School Cash Online to replace the book.

From Marbles and Jacks to Nine Pins and more, our Third Graders enjoyed playing the games of Colonial American children as they wrapped up this Bluebonnet ELA unit.

Fourth graders having a blast in their final year of parachute fun at Buckalew! 🪂💚💛
Big smiles, teamwork, and memories in the making as they enjoy one of their favorite traditions before heading off to intermediate! 🎉🐻

🪂💛Parachute day in PE = the BEST day ever! 🪂💛

Happy Principal Appreciation Day to Mrs. Price!
Your leadership, kindness, and commitment to our students and staff make a difference every single day. Thank you for guiding our school with such care and dedication—we are lucky to have you!

Mrs. Price's favorite part of the job: Popping into classrooms to hear students share their learning and see their excitement, celebrating our students and staff, and partnering with our families to keep Buckalew an amazing place to be 💛